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Subject: Re: A one question historical quiz

Author: Steven Edwards

Date: 00:05:17 10/29/03

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On October 29, 2003 at 03:00:42, Edward Seid wrote:
>On October 29, 2003 at 02:31:27, Steven Edwards wrote:
>>On October 29, 2003 at 02:05:33, Tony Werten wrote:

>>>What is the nwu chess program ? Or did your rotate go wrong for numbers and
>>>should it be 4.0 ?
>>nwu = Northwest University

>Actually, it's Northwestern University, commonly referred to as NU, at least
>amongst undergrads in the mid-80s.  I saw David Slate a few times when my
>undergrad FORTRAN, Pascal and COBOL classes required me to spend time at the
>Vogelbach Computing Center on campus.

Yes, but in the Boston area (infested with universties like crabs on a two bit
hooker), "NU" is often used to refer to Northeastern University.  So it's a
matter of regionalism.  Perhaps S&A should have picked a less general name for
their program.



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